Notes for Joseph(Baron) Lupien dit Lafrenière:It is uncertain in which church the marriage of Joseph Baron dit Lafrenière, also known as Joseph Baron Lupien dit Lafrenière, was celebrated. Since the pre-nuptial contract was prepared by the Notary, Petit, in Maskinongé, one can safely assume that the marriage occurred at, or near, that village. Eight children were born of this union; 2 died in infancy. Joseph had another nine children with his second spouse, Marie Madeleine Sicard.

As a widow, Marie Marthe Chauvin Lupien bore a child to Andre Ethier. The child was later named Joseph (Baron)Lupien dit Lafreniére and declared to be the legal heir of the estates of Nicholas & Marthe.Marthe and her children( Joseph Baron Lupien dit Lafrenière and his half-siblings)were one of the 5 pioneer-founding families of Maskinongé, in today's, Berthier County of Quebec, It is located near Trois Riviere/Three Rivers. Notarial Records of Petit & de la Fosse need to be researched for contracts re: Joseph's legal status & Marie Marthe's 2 marriage contracts, in addition to the settlement of Nicholas' estate. Also, whether a trustee/tuteur was assigned to her children by the govt. Rita noted in archival research that at Marie Marthe's death in 1728, her sons by Nicholas Barron-Lupien( Pierre Lupien Baron, Joseph Lupien Belair, and Joseph {Baron)Lupien dit Lafreniere, ( né____ Ethier, born of her alliance with André Ethier)), attended her funeral. Also present was her 2d husband Jean Baptiste Fleury( with whom she had one child, Marie Angelique Fleury, born at Maskinongé in1706). Marie Marthe's death & funeral records were the first time that the surname LAFRENIERE was used with the Ancestral name of Barron, Baron Lupien or Lupien. The recording cleric was Francois Cherubin Daniau, priest.

NOTE: During the archival research, Rita noted that Nicholas Barron-Lupien died almost one year before his spouse Marie Marthe bore a child to Andre Ethier. That child initially baptised as ______ Ethier, was renamed Joseph Lupien dit Lafrenière and declared the rightful heir of Nicholas Barron Lupien's and his mother's estates; despite the fact that Nicholas had two biological sons with Marie Marthe. The latter had the changes recorded in the Church and Notarial records.The biological sons were at the funeral of their mother along with Joseph, their half-brother, who had married Anne Lemire in 1721.

Joseph Lupien dit Lafrenière was widowed, then married Madeleine Sicard, 9Feb1741 at Boucherville, Qc. Her parents were Jean Sicard & Genevieve Raté.All of his life, Joseph was a farmer and remained in Maskinonge.Joseph was reputed to have fathered 8 children with his first spouse (2 of whom did not survive infancy) Marie-Anne Lemire, and another 9 children with his second spouse, Marie Madeleine Sicard, whom he married 9Feb1741 at Maskinongé.